About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,153, made up of 601 males and 552 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.96 hectares hectares.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Khajni
Area (hectares)	95.96 hectares
Population	1,153
Male Population	601
Female Population	552
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 145th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 95.96 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Basantpur

Basantpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basantpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basantpur from other places

Basantpur lies about 12 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Domingarh, about 11 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Basantpur
Tehsil headquarters	Khajni	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Domingarh	11 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	12 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khajni tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Basantpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantpur village had a population of 1,153. That makes it the 145th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Basantpur village has 601 males and 552 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Basantpur covers 95.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basantpur falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Domingarh, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 12 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khajni is about 5.3 km away. Domingarh is about 11 km away. Gorakhpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.